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The Invisible War

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Invisible War (disambiguation).

The Invisible War is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Documentary Audience Award.[2] The film has been lauded by advocates, lawmakers, and journalists for its influence on government policies to reduce the prevalence of rape in the armed forces.[3]

The Invisible War
Promotional poster
Directed byKirby Dick
Written byKirby Dick
Produced byAmy Ziering
Tanner King Barklow
CinematographyThaddeus Wadleigh
Kirsten Johnson
Edited byDouglas Blush
Derek Boonstra
Production
companies
Distributed byCinedigm
Docurama Films
Release dates
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$71,968[1]

The Invisible War is the recipient of a Peabody Award and Emmy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Outstanding Investigative Journalism.[4][5] It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.[6]

Background edit

Main article: Military sexual trauma

In 2010, 108,121 veterans screened positive for military sexual trauma, and 68,379 had at least one Veterans Health Administration outpatient visit for related conditions. Also in 2010, The Department of Defense processed reports of 3,198 new assaults but estimated the actual number of assaults to be closer to 19,000. However, these reports resulted in convictions against only 244 perpetrators.[7]

Synopsis edit

The Invisible War features interviews with veterans from multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces who recount the events surrounding their assaults. Their stories show many common themes, such as the lack of recourse to an impartial justice system, reprisals against survivors instead of against perpetrators, the absence of adequate emotional and physical care for survivors, the unhindered advancement of perpetrators' careers, and the forced expulsion of survivors from service.

Interspersed with these first person testimonies are interviews with advocates, journalists, mental health professionals, active duty and retired generals, Department of Defense officials, and members of the military justice system. The film also includes footage, often shot by the veterans themselves, which documents their lives and continuing struggles in the aftermath of their assaults.

In the film's most prominent narrative, Coast Guard veteran Seaman Kori Cioca struggles to earn benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for the many medical difficulties that have resulted from her rape. With the help of attorney Susan L. Burke, Cioca, along with other survivors featured in the film, brings Cioca v. Rumsfeld, a civil suit against the Department of Defense alleging a failure to adequately address sexual assault within the military.

Other past incidents of sexual abuse recounted in the film include the 1991 Navy Tailhook scandal, the 1996 Army Aberdeen scandal, and the 2003 Air Force Academy scandal. The Invisible War uses these examples to argue that the military has consistently made empty promises to address its high rate of sexual assault. These stories culminate with an examination of the previously unreported[8] culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault at the prestigious Marine Barracks Washington.

The survivors and advocates featured in the film call for changes to the way the military handles sexual assault, such as shifting prosecution away from unit commanders, who often are either friends with assailants or are assailants themselves.

Interviews edit

People interviewed in The Invisible War include:

Members of Congress edit

Military personnel edit

  • Major General Mary Kay Hertog, Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
  • Dr. Kaye Whitley, Former Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
  • Rear Admiral Anthony Kurta, Director, Military Plans and Policy
  • General Claudia J. Kennedy, US Army (retired)
  • Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, US Air Force (retired)
  • Brigadier General Loree Sutton, M.D., US Army (retired)
  • Major General Dennis Laich, US Army (retired)
  • Staff Sergeant Stace Nelson, NCIS Special Agent, USMC (retired)
  • Veteran Robinlynne Mabin-Lafayette, USAF Disabled Veteran

Response edit

Following its release, The Invisible War was heralded for exposing a culture of widespread sexual harassment and sexual assault at Marine Barracks Washington.[8][9][10] In March 2012, eight women, including two who appeared in the film, filed suit against military leaders for maintaining an environment that tolerates rapists while silencing survivors.[11]

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta viewed the film on April 14, 2012.[12][13] On April 16, 2012, Secretary Panetta issued a directive ordering all sexual assault cases to be handled by senior officers at the rank of colonel or higher, which effectively ended the practice of commanders adjudicating these cases from within their own units.[14] In his 2014 memoir Worthy Fights, Panetta states that watching The Invisible War was one of the main factors that influenced him to take action on the issue of sexual assault in the military.[15]

On June 25, 2012, the Marine Corps unveiled a new plan to combat sexual assault. Marine Corps Commandant General James F. Amos met with all non-deployed Marine generals to review the new procedures, which seek to discourage unsafe environments while increasing reporting.[16][17] In November 2012 Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh met with all active wing commanders to screen the film and discuss the problem of rape in the military.[18] The film's distributor estimates that 235,000 service members viewed The Invisible War in 2012.[18]

On January 4, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. This law included many improvements to the military's handling of sexual assault cases, such as barring individuals with felony sex abuse convictions from receiving enlistment waivers, forming special victims units to investigate and prosecute sexual assault cases, and installing new policies to prevent professional retaliation against assault survivors.[19]

According to The New York Times, the film "has been credited with both persuading more women to come forward to report abuse and with forcing the military to deal more openly with the problem."[20] The Times also notes that the film helped spur the House Armed Services Committee to hold a January 23, 2013, hearing on sexual assault in the military.[21] During the hearing, Rep. Mike Turner acknowledged the film for illustrating the hostility faced by many survivors who speak up or seek help.[22] The Invisible War was again discussed during a Senate subcommittee hearing on March 13, 2013, in which lawmakers and military officials described the film's impact on military training programs dealing with sexual assault.[23]

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand credits The Invisible War with inspiring her to create legislation to reduce sexual assault in the military. In her 2014 memoir Off the Sidelines, Gillibrand writes, "Nothing in my life...prepared me for what I saw in that film.... Whatever it took, I had to help bring justice to these survivors, and I needed to work to prevent future crimes."[24] In November 2013, Gillibrand introduced the Military Justice Improvement Act, which would require military sexual assault cases to be handled by an independent judiciary body.[25] In March 2014 the bill failed to secure enough votes to break a filibuster.[26]

Reception edit

The Invisible War received widespread acclaim from critics. The Invisible War has an approval rating of 99% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 72 reviews, and an average rating of 8.20/10. The website's critical consensus states, "The Invisible War is a vital and frank expose on sexual assault in the U.S. military, shot by master filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film is Not Yet Rated)".[27] It also has a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28] At the end of 2012, it held a 100% Fresh rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which also listed it as the #1 film of the year.[29]

The film appeared on numerous year-end best lists, including in The New York Times, Time, and the National Board of Review.[30][31][32] The Chicago Film Critics Association named it the Best Documentary of 2012.[33]

The Christian Science Monitor's Peter Rainer observed that the film broke new ground, as it "was the first to really explore the issue of rape in the military" and that "the fact that this subject has taken so long to achieve full-scale exposure was itself symptomatic of the problem." He selected it as one of the top ten films of the year.[34][35]

The Boston Globe's Christopher Wallenberg noted that The Invisible War "achieved a rare feat for a documentary by breaking a national news story: The alleged coverup of incidents of sexual assault and harassment at the prestigious Marine Barracks Washington." Other critics also focused on the film's investigative journalism,[36][37] including A. O. Scott, who wrote in The New York Times that Dick is "one of the indispensable muckrakers of American cinema, zeroing in on frequently painful stories about how power functions in the absence or failure of accountability."[38]

Jonathan Hahn of the Los Angeles Review of Books wrote, "There are some works of writing or painting, speech, or film that do more than just stand as great works of art. They change things. They put before us something fundamentally wrong with the world — with the society we take for granted, with the institutions on which we depend and that in turn depend on us — and demand change. The Invisible War belongs in that pantheon, and is easily one of the most important films of the year."[39]

Two survivors and one service provider who appear in The Invisible War criticized the filmmakers for their fleeting focus on male victims. Director Kirby Dick responded, saying that he is empathetic toward their concerns, but felt that focusing on women would serve as the best "entry point" for the discussion.[40]

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result
2012 Sundance Film Festival[41][42] Audience Award for Best Documentary Kirby Dick Won
Human Rights Watch Film Festival[43] Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking Won
Dallas International Film Festival[44] Silver Heart Humanitarian Award Won
Seattle International Film Festival[45] Audience Award for Best Documentary Kirby Dick Won
Provincetown International Film Festival[46] Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Won
DocuWest International Documentary Film Festival[47] Best of Festival Won
Peace Over Violence Awards[48] Award for Advocacy Won
International Documentary Association[49] Best Feature Kirby Dick Nominated
2013 Independent Spirit Awards[50] Best Documentary Kirby Dick, Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering Won
WGA Awards[51] Best Documentary Screenplay Kirby Dick Nominated
Academy Awards[6] Best Documentary Feature Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Nominated
DGA Awards[52] Documentary Directing Kirby Dick Nominated
Ridenhour Prize[53] Documentary Film Won
Peabody Awards[5] Won
Impact Awards[54] Jury Special Commendation Won
2014 Emmy Awards[4] Best Documentary Feature Won
Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form Won

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For other uses see Invisible War disambiguation The Invisible War is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it received the U S Documentary Audience Award 2 The film has been lauded by advocates lawmakers and journalists for its influence on government policies to reduce the prevalence of rape in the armed forces 3 The Invisible WarPromotional posterDirected byKirby DickWritten byKirby DickProduced byAmy ZieringTanner King BarklowCinematographyThaddeus WadleighKirsten JohnsonEdited byDouglas BlushDerek BoonstraProductioncompaniesChain Camera Pictures Independent Lens Rise Films ITVS Fork Films Cuomo Cole ProductionsDistributed byCinedigmDocurama FilmsRelease datesJanuary 20 2012 2012 01 20 Sundance Film Festival June 22 2012 2012 06 22 United States Running time97 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office 71 968 1 The Invisible War is the recipient of a Peabody Award and Emmy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Outstanding Investigative Journalism 4 5 It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards 6 Contents 1 Background 2 Synopsis 3 Interviews 3 1 Members of Congress 3 2 Military personnel 4 Response 5 Reception 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksBackground editMain article Military sexual trauma In 2010 108 121 veterans screened positive for military sexual trauma and 68 379 had at least one Veterans Health Administration outpatient visit for related conditions Also in 2010 The Department of Defense processed reports of 3 198 new assaults but estimated the actual number of assaults to be closer to 19 000 However these reports resulted in convictions against only 244 perpetrators 7 Synopsis editThe Invisible War features interviews with veterans from multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces who recount the events surrounding their assaults Their stories show many common themes such as the lack of recourse to an impartial justice system reprisals against survivors instead of against perpetrators the absence of adequate emotional and physical care for survivors the unhindered advancement of perpetrators careers and the forced expulsion of survivors from service Interspersed with these first person testimonies are interviews with advocates journalists mental health professionals active duty and retired generals Department of Defense officials and members of the military justice system The film also includes footage often shot by the veterans themselves which documents their lives and continuing struggles in the aftermath of their assaults In the film s most prominent narrative Coast Guard veteran Seaman Kori Cioca struggles to earn benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for the many medical difficulties that have resulted from her rape With the help of attorney Susan L Burke Cioca along with other survivors featured in the film brings Cioca v Rumsfeld a civil suit against the Department of Defense alleging a failure to adequately address sexual assault within the military Other past incidents of sexual abuse recounted in the film include the 1991 Navy Tailhook scandal the 1996 Army Aberdeen scandal and the 2003 Air Force Academy scandal The Invisible War uses these examples to argue that the military has consistently made empty promises to address its high rate of sexual assault These stories culminate with an examination of the previously unreported 8 culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault at the prestigious Marine Barracks Washington The survivors and advocates featured in the film call for changes to the way the military handles sexual assault such as shifting prosecution away from unit commanders who often are either friends with assailants or are assailants themselves Interviews editPeople interviewed in The Invisible War include Members of Congress edit Chellie Pingree D Maine Louise Slaughter D New York Mike Turner R Ohio Loretta Sanchez D California Jackie Speier D California Ted Poe R Texas Susan Davis D California Niki Tsongas D Massachusetts Military personnel edit Major General Mary Kay Hertog Director Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office Dr Kaye Whitley Former Director Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office Rear Admiral Anthony Kurta Director Military Plans and Policy General Claudia J Kennedy US Army retired Brigadier General Wilma L Vaught US Air Force retired Brigadier General Loree Sutton M D US Army retired Major General Dennis Laich US Army retired Staff Sergeant Stace Nelson NCIS Special Agent USMC retired Veteran Robinlynne Mabin Lafayette USAF Disabled VeteranResponse editFollowing its release The Invisible War was heralded for exposing a culture of widespread sexual harassment and sexual assault at Marine Barracks Washington 8 9 10 In March 2012 eight women including two who appeared in the film filed suit against military leaders for maintaining an environment that tolerates rapists while silencing survivors 11 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta viewed the film on April 14 2012 12 13 On April 16 2012 Secretary Panetta issued a directive ordering all sexual assault cases to be handled by senior officers at the rank of colonel or higher which effectively ended the practice of commanders adjudicating these cases from within their own units 14 In his 2014 memoir Worthy Fights Panetta states that watching The Invisible War was one of the main factors that influenced him to take action on the issue of sexual assault in the military 15 On June 25 2012 the Marine Corps unveiled a new plan to combat sexual assault Marine Corps Commandant General James F Amos met with all non deployed Marine generals to review the new procedures which seek to discourage unsafe environments while increasing reporting 16 17 In November 2012 Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh met with all active wing commanders to screen the film and discuss the problem of rape in the military 18 The film s distributor estimates that 235 000 service members viewed The Invisible War in 2012 18 On January 4 2013 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 This law included many improvements to the military s handling of sexual assault cases such as barring individuals with felony sex abuse convictions from receiving enlistment waivers forming special victims units to investigate and prosecute sexual assault cases and installing new policies to prevent professional retaliation against assault survivors 19 According to The New York Times the film has been credited with both persuading more women to come forward to report abuse and with forcing the military to deal more openly with the problem 20 The Times also notes that the film helped spur the House Armed Services Committee to hold a January 23 2013 hearing on sexual assault in the military 21 During the hearing Rep Mike Turner acknowledged the film for illustrating the hostility faced by many survivors who speak up or seek help 22 The Invisible War was again discussed during a Senate subcommittee hearing on March 13 2013 in which lawmakers and military officials described the film s impact on military training programs dealing with sexual assault 23 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand credits The Invisible War with inspiring her to create legislation to reduce sexual assault in the military In her 2014 memoir Off the Sidelines Gillibrand writes Nothing in my life prepared me for what I saw in that film Whatever it took I had to help bring justice to these survivors and I needed to work to prevent future crimes 24 In November 2013 Gillibrand introduced the Military Justice Improvement Act which would require military sexual assault cases to be handled by an independent judiciary body 25 In March 2014 the bill failed to secure enough votes to break a filibuster 26 Reception editThe Invisible War received widespread acclaim from critics The Invisible War has an approval rating of 99 on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews and an average rating of 8 20 10 The website s critical consensus states The Invisible War is a vital and frank expose on sexual assault in the U S military shot by master filmmaker Kirby Dick This Film is Not Yet Rated 27 It also has a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 28 At the end of 2012 it held a 100 Fresh rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes which also listed it as the 1 film of the year 29 The film appeared on numerous year end best lists including in The New York Times Time and the National Board of Review 30 31 32 The Chicago Film Critics Association named it the Best Documentary of 2012 33 The Christian Science Monitor s Peter Rainer observed that the film broke new ground as it was the first to really explore the issue of rape in the military and that the fact that this subject has taken so long to achieve full scale exposure was itself symptomatic of the problem He selected it as one of the top ten films of the year 34 35 The Boston Globe s Christopher Wallenberg noted that The Invisible War achieved a rare feat for a documentary by breaking a national news story The alleged coverup of incidents of sexual assault and harassment at the prestigious Marine Barracks Washington Other critics also focused on the film s investigative journalism 36 37 including A O Scott who wrote in The New York Times that Dick is one of the indispensable muckrakers of American cinema zeroing in on frequently painful stories about how power functions in the absence or failure of accountability 38 Jonathan Hahn of the Los Angeles Review of Books wrote There are some works of writing or painting speech or film that do more than just stand as great works of art They change things They put before us something fundamentally wrong with the world with the society we take for granted with the institutions on which we depend and that in turn depend on us and demand change The Invisible War belongs in that pantheon and is easily one of the most important films of the year 39 Two survivors and one service provider who appear in The Invisible War criticized the filmmakers for their fleeting focus on male victims Director Kirby Dick responded saying that he is empathetic toward their concerns but felt that focusing on women would serve as the best entry point for the discussion 40 Awards and nominations editYear Award Category Nominee s Result 2012 Sundance Film Festival 41 42 Audience Award for Best Documentary Kirby Dick Won Human Rights Watch Film Festival 43 Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking Won Dallas International Film Festival 44 Silver Heart Humanitarian Award Won Seattle International Film Festival 45 Audience Award for Best Documentary Kirby Dick Won Provincetown International Film Festival 46 Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Won DocuWest International Documentary Film Festival 47 Best of Festival Won Peace Over Violence Awards 48 Award for Advocacy Won International Documentary Association 49 Best Feature Kirby Dick Nominated 2013 Independent Spirit Awards 50 Best Documentary Kirby Dick Tanner King Barklow Amy Ziering Won WGA Awards 51 Best Documentary Screenplay Kirby Dick Nominated Academy Awards 6 Best Documentary Feature Kirby Dick Amy Ziering Nominated DGA Awards 52 Documentary Directing Kirby Dick Nominated Ridenhour Prize 53 Documentary Film Won Peabody Awards 5 Won Impact Awards 54 Jury Special Commendation Won 2014 Emmy Awards 4 Best Documentary Feature Won Outstanding Investigative Journalism Long Form WonReferences edit The Invisible War Box Office Mojo IMDb Retrieved July 18 2013 The Invisible War at Sundance Film Festival Archived from the original on January 11 2012 Retrieved May 30 2012 Draper Robert November 26 2014 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March 13 2013 Archived from the original PDF on October 30 2013 Retrieved April 8 2013 Gillibrand Kirsten 2014 Off the Sidelines Raise Your Voice Change the World New York Ballantine ISBN 978 0804179096 Huval Rebecca May 10 2013 Sen Gillibrand Credits The Invisible War with Shaping New Bill pbs org PBS Retrieved December 8 2014 Neuman Scott March 6 2014 Senate Blocks Bill To Overhaul Military Sex Assault Prosecutions npr org NPR Retrieved December 8 2014 The Invisible War Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved January 9 2012 The Invisible War Metacritic Retrieved July 6 2012 Top 100 Movies of 2012 Rotten Tomatoes Archived from the original on January 15 2013 Retrieved January 9 2013 Holden Stephen December 16 2012 The Year of the Body Vulnerable The New York Times Corliss Richard December 4 2012 The Invisible War Time Retrieved January 10 2013 2012 NBR Awards Announced National Board of Review December 5 2012 Archived from the original on January 22 2013 Retrieved January 10 2013 Benzine Adam December 17 2012 Invisible War feted by Chicago Critics real screen Retrieved January 10 2013 Rainer Peter June 27 2012 The Invisible War movie review The Christian Science Monitor Retrieved January 10 2013 Rainer Peter December 21 2012 The best films of 2012 The Christian Science Monitor Retrieved January 10 2013 Kim Jonathan June 20 2012 ReThink Interview Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering on The Invisible War The Huffington Post Retrieved January 9 2013 Bittencourt Ela June 13 2012 Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2012 The Invisible War Slant Magazine Retrieved January 9 2013 Scott A O June 21 2012 For Some Who Served an Awful Betrayal of Trust The New York Times Hahn Jonathan June 22 2012 Jonathan Hahn interviews Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick The Los Angeles Review of Books Archived from the original on June 22 2012 Briggs Bill February 8 2013 Betrayed Male rape victims slam Oscar nominated filmmakers over focus on women NBC News Retrieved February 11 2013 Riskind Jonathan February 26 2012 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